Read
That’s All I Can Do For You
That’s All I Can Do For You By Paul McCann I haven’t changed , I’m still the same , the Father you knew , the one you out grew . I’ll always be here...
- Read more about That’s All I Can Do For You
- Log in to post comments
- 288 reads
Mexico 1970
There were rumours of decimalisation. A new decade in modernism at Manor House Junior school. It was the summer of 1970, of Esso World Cup coins...
- Read more about Mexico 1970
- 7 comments
- Log in to post comments
- 1298 reads
Golden Hair
Some people like to think they have golden hair. But those people got nothing on me. And honestly, I have no idea how it came about, why an ordinary...
- Read more about Golden Hair
- 1 comment
- Log in to post comments
- 698 reads
Resolution
Audio version at: https://soundcloud.com/user-62051685/resolution-mp3 (re-recorded inadvertently with a clock ticking in the background. Decided to...
- Read more about Resolution
- 9 comments
- Log in to post comments
- 1838 reads
Alien Murmuration - A Masking Story - Chapter 11
Image:
The sun is proudly sitting in a clear blue spring sky. All the clouds are burnt away and nothing is getting in the way of the warmth bringing joy to...
- Read more about Alien Murmuration - A Masking Story - Chapter 11
- 1 comment
- Log in to post comments
- 789 reads
SAINT NICK
There was a lad named Nicholas Who lived up in the north His parents thought him special From the day that he came forth He loved his fellow children...
- Read more about SAINT NICK
- 1 comment
- Log in to post comments
- 499 reads
Monster Mine
Monster am I, worse than any who are red in tooth and claw. Unworried by bell, book or candle, I will not be banished, exorcised or worried into...
- Read more about Monster Mine
- 2 comments
- Log in to post comments
- 1600 reads
BLOW ME
i think about you all the time you are the reason to my rhyme precision clocks with double chime you know me . i'll be beside you when you wake you'...
- Read more about BLOW ME
- Log in to post comments
- 371 reads
FATHER TIME
A couple had a baby Born on January first Right at the stroke of midnight Though that hadn't been rehearsed He grew up rather quickly And in his...
- Read more about FATHER TIME
- 1 comment
- Log in to post comments
- 601 reads
Walking In January
Memories accumulate, Meandering down Squelchy muddy trails Where naked branches Rise and fall, They speak freely To me of the past Through realms Of...
- Read more about Walking In January
- 16 comments
- Log in to post comments
- 3843 reads
Border Crossing
These night-time walks/have a certain aura, a certain smell/invite certain metaphors
- Read more about Border Crossing
- 3 comments
- Log in to post comments
- 651 reads
He's Left These Woods
He’s left these woods, Mr Pip slipped quietly through a gap. A quick look back then gone between the trees. Fifteen years ago I held him on my lap as...
- Read more about He's Left These Woods
- 21 comments
- Log in to post comments
- 4858 reads
The Ecumenical Atheist
No layers of meaning here. Image made with PD elements by Author at canva.com.
- Read more about The Ecumenical Atheist
- Log in to post comments
- 575 reads
Alien Murmuration - A Masking Story - Chapter 10
Image:
No one has given me a hard time for weeks. School feels totally different to me now. A few weeks ago I would worry about being picked on by Kim and...
- Read more about Alien Murmuration - A Masking Story - Chapter 10
- 4 comments
- Log in to post comments
- 1168 reads
aMeRIca?
What was heartland is ravaged, The cities are all savage And workers can’t get by on pay. The new thing’s just in, Pulled fresh out the bin, With a...
- Read more about aMeRIca?
- 1 comment
- Log in to post comments
- 501 reads
ORDEAL
you're not a heel you treat for meal your chance to steal perhaps a feel her clothes may peel perhaps she'll kneel and do the deal until you reel...
- Read more about ORDEAL
- 2 comments
- Log in to post comments
- 694 reads
The Video Game Crash Of 1983
Something happened forty years ago that hurt the video game industry tremendously. The video game crash of 1983. Because there were so many video...
- Read more about The Video Game Crash Of 1983
- Log in to post comments
- 280 reads
IQRA (Read, Educate Yourself)
Photograph is by Twitter/@ZohalAzra No known copyright issues. IQRA is allegedly the first word revealed to Mohammad by God. It has the same arabic root letters as Qu'ran, the book.
- Read more about IQRA (Read, Educate Yourself)
- 2 comments
- Log in to post comments
- 889 reads
The Enchanted Child
The Enchanted Child By Paul McCann Across the bridge an enchantment glows All around the pearly gates To capture the child who came to dance where...
- Read more about The Enchanted Child
- Log in to post comments
- 468 reads
The Turkish Turtles of Turtle Beach by A.N.Muggins
Image:
(Based on events during the Mudbath excursion near Marmaris in Turkey of May 2022) Written 18/7/22 The Turkish Turtles of Turtle Beach, in the...
- Read more about The Turkish Turtles of Turtle Beach by A.N.Muggins
- 3 comments
- Log in to post comments
- 875 reads